Problems I can see are the I/O. You would have to water-proof the I/Os, but would this prevent them working by acting as an Insulator. If this stuff still allows conductance then it would be fine.
It would short-circuit immediately when it was applied to contacts obviously, without needing any submerging, if it was conductive. So assuming the stuff isn't conductive as one would expect you could put something on the actual pins to protect them and then apply the stuff to prevent water/dirt creeping into the device, seeing most pins are goldplated they would be corrosive-proof anyway even without the stuff, only issue being the rim of the connectors that are often not rustproof but do require contact for shielding. There's always a choice of using a piece of rubber to close the ports though, and to have the screen/case dirtproof is nice too.
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If this technology is as good as it makes out to be then why not go further and apply it to laptops and pc keyboards.
Problems I can see are the I/O. You would have to water-proof the I/Os, but would this prevent them working by acting as an Insulator. If this stuff still allows conductance then it would be fine.
If it allows conduction wouldn't that let a device short out when submerged?
It would short-circuit immediately when it was applied to contacts obviously, without needing any submerging, if it was conductive.
So assuming the stuff isn't conductive as one would expect you could put something on the actual pins to protect them and then apply the stuff to prevent water/dirt creeping into the device, seeing most pins are goldplated they would be corrosive-proof anyway even without the stuff, only issue being the rim of the connectors that are often not rustproof but do require contact for shielding.
There's always a choice of using a piece of rubber to close the ports though, and to have the screen/case dirtproof is nice too.